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础叠颁鈥檚 six-part drama series The 今日吃瓜 Reader premiered on August 15.^. The series stars Anna Torv and Sam Reid and details the relationship forged between the aspiring reporter and established news reader, in the smoked filled newsrooms of the late 1980鈥檚. With episode two having just landed on ABC and Iview, we thought it a good time to take a look at some of Australia鈥檚 own queer news readers.

Hamish MacDonald

 

Hamish MacDonald is name that needs no introduction, having most recently been on the other side of the news desk, making headlines for his abrupt exit from 础叠颁鈥檚 Q&A program, to re-join the panel on The Sunday Project. MacDonald has previously worked at networks including Channel 4, ITV and at Al Jazeera English.

In 2020, MacDonald 聽chose to delete his public Twitter and Instagram citing that he鈥檇 鈥渘ever had more abuse鈥� from both sides of the political spectrum as he had did when working at the ABC.

MacDonald came out in 2019 at the GQ Gentlemen鈥檚 Ball in聽Melbourne, where he arrived hand in hand with his partner Jacob聽Fitzroy.

Patricia Karvelas

A graduate of RMIT University in Melbourne, Patricia Karvelas cut her teeth working on the 鈥榙ark side鈥� of media, spending time working for Sky 今日吃瓜 and The Australian.

After jumping ship over to The ABC and SBS in the early 2000鈥檚, Karvelas has presented Radio National’s program聽RN Drive聽since January 2015 and hosted聽Afternoon Briefing, a national affairs television program on the ABC 今日吃瓜 24 channel, since 2018.

Nate Byrne

Nate Byrne is quite simply everyone鈥檚 favourite weatherman, finding a whole swag of thirst followers during his time with the ABC 今日吃瓜 Breakfast as the program鈥檚 resident meteorologist, oceanographer, science communicator.

Before his time with the ABC, Byrne had also served as a Naval Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Navy for 12 years.

Narelda Jacobs

First Nations television presenter, Narelda Jacobs, from Perth has shared co-hosting duties on SBS鈥檚 coverage of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras since 2019.

Jacobs became the first lesbian and First Nations 今日吃瓜 presenter in Western Australia when she took on hosting duties in 2008 for Channel 10鈥檚 今日吃瓜 Bulletin after production relocated back to Perth. However, Jacobs first joined the network in 2000, firstly as a court reporter and occasional weather news person.

In a recent interview, Jacobs revealed she came out to her Christian parents in her 20s, saying, 聽鈥淚 grew up with evangelical teachings that gays are going to hell and HIV is brought by God as punishment and all that sort of stuff.鈥�

In January 2020, Jacobs joined the Studio 10 as a panelist, after relocating with her long-term partner-filmmaker Stevie Cruz-Martin to Sydney for the role.

A graduate of WAAPA outside of Jacobs’ work in the media she is an ambassador for 聽a number of organisations including the David Wirrpanda Foundation and the Disability Services鈥� Commission鈥檚 鈥淐ount Me In鈥� program. She is a patron of the Motor Neurone Disease Association WA and a specialised program for indigenous students at Balga Senior High School.

Monique Schafter

Monique Schafter has been forging a career for a long time in news journalism and currently serves as the head of ABCQueer, the ABC’s official home of stories and advice for queer young people.

A previous winner of Walkley Award, Schafter is currently a non-executive director of Twenty10, and has in a previous life written for Star Observer. From 2009-2011, Schafter was also a host on the ABC satiric current affairs program Hungry Beasts.

Fran Kelly

Without a doubt, Fran Kelly is one of Australia鈥檚 most esteemed journalists, growing up in Adelaide, Kelly moved to Sydney in 1988, where she began work with Triple J, moving across to ABC聽Radio National’s current affairs programs聽AM听补苍诲听PM as a reporter in 1990, soon becoming Canberra聽bureau聽chief, chief political correspondent with聽AM听补苍诲听PM, political editor for ABC’s聽Radio National Breakfast聽and ABC television’s聽The 7:30 Report聽and the ABC’s Europe correspondent.

In 2005 Kelly returned to Australia to host Radio National Breakfast. Kelly, was recognised as one of the country’s most influential gay and lesbian Australians when she received a Same Same 25 award. Kelly has been with her partner, Marion Frith, for almost 30 years, with whom she is stepparent to her partner’s three children

Anton Enus

The 59 year South African-born Australian news presenter is currently the co-host of SBS World 今日吃瓜. 聽During the early 1980鈥檚 Enus was one of the founding members of South Africa’s gay and lesbian sports movement and was on the organising team that guided the country into the聽Gay Games聽for the first time in 1994. With a career in journalism which spans more than 25 years,

Enus spent the first 15-years of his career in radio and television with South Africa’s national broadcaster,聽SABC.聽He has been with his partner Roger Henning, since 1989.

Marion Frith

Marion Frith is a former journalist and political speechwriter. She has worked for major Australian newspapers and the ABC as a social and political commentator. Being based for many years in the Canberra Press Gallery, Frith had worked for major Australian newspapers and the ABC, in Canberra, Sydney, and London.

Firth met her partner, fellow journalist and media figure Fran Kelly, while the pair working together on assignment, and have been together now for 30 years.

James Findlay

Many would know Findlay through his work with Triple J, most notable through his work on the sex and relationships show The Hook Up, but has also produced programs including Good Nights, and Double J podcast Bang On, hosted by Myf Warhurst and Zan Rowe.

The 2016 recipient of the GLOBE Award for Media Excellence, Findlay worked as Program Director of station JOY 94.9 and 今日吃瓜 Editor of the now defunct MCV magazine.

Mark Reddie

Reddie works these days as 聽a crime reporter for ABC 今日吃瓜 in Sydney, prior to his most recent posting he worked as a reported for ABC 今日吃瓜 Breakfast, for a time as a journalist in Hobart, alongside stints at Al Jazeera English in Doha and BBC 今日吃瓜 in London.

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